Monthly Archives: November 2009

I’m not into politics nor do I enjoy talking about it. But it’s not something I can actually ignore, knowing that our life is ruled by people that don’t even care about us.

In a few weeks Romania will have a new president.

I’m pretty much sure we’re going down the drain cause we don’t have an “Obama” to vote for, not even someone close. After the fall of the Communist regime in 1989, Romania has been going downhill. We’re not progressing. We’re just going around in circles and after each circle things just keep getting worse.

The worst part is you can’t even trust the media to inform you about what’s happening. If you want to be lied in your face, just open the TV or read a newspaper. What’s worse, the media that is supposed to inform people about what’s going on, is making things up. Why? Because people that are into politics (and which have certain interests) have their own TV stations and newspapers. So it’s easy to see why you shouldn’t depend on the media.

I hate the situation that we’re in now

I hate the fact that there are a lot of miss informed people out there

I hate the bribed people that come in and vote and after a year they start complaining that things aren’t going well (trust me there are a lot of them, including pensioners)

I hate the stupidity in the country

I hate wanting to vote and not having for who to vote for

I hate the media for not doing what it’s supposed to do

I hate the fact that there’s no one out there that could stop this vicious circle we’re been in the past 20 years.

Now, I’m wondering for what did those people died 20 years ago? Did they died for freedom? Or was it all just to get rid of Ceausescu just so others like him could take over?

I think everyone should start their morning by drinking coffee/tea/warm milk and by reading comics. Actually, I miss my childhood when mother used to make for breakfast warm milk with bread and (home made) jam. I loved those mornings.

As I said yesterday, on TVR1 (national television) they have started airing Korean dramas.

And I can’t complain not one bit, because I’m loving them and so are my parents. It’s been a long time since I could sit down and watch TV with my parents without having an argument about what we were watching. Well, TVR1 is “famous” for introducing new things to our country. They even broke the records when they aired “Devdas” one Saturday evening, some years ago. And since then, Hindi movies and soap operas are regular on TV.

I tried to find information about these two dramas and I was surprised when I found a lot of Romanian blogs writing about them. And none of them had a bad thing to say. On the contrary, they were incredibly pleased with them. Some even saying that they were “close to perfection” with the acting and the plot.

The first Korean drama that was aired was “Dae Jang Geum” (English name: “Jewel at the Palace” or Romanian name: “Giuvaerul Palatului“). I must say I really loved it, cause it main focus was food. I was just sitting there and just drooling (since I’m such a foodie) and interesting enough, my parents (since they come from the country side) could relate with some of the ways of cooking. I found that fascinating, since I though Asian cookery is extremely different from European. But, it seems we have more things in common that I thought.

I also loved the actors and the plot itself. It was do different from what you usually see on TV that it was hard not to like it. There weren’t exaggerations (like you usually see in soap operas) and it ended very much the way I like it. Did I say I loved the actors? I loved even the bad ones, especially Court Lady Choi.

The second drama, that was aired right after “Dae Jang Geum” ended was “Ji San Kang Jeong Jo” (English name: “The Wind of the Palace” or Romanian name: “Furtuna la Palat“). I hope I got the Korean name right.

It seems that both dramas were directed by the same person, Lee Byoung-Hoon. Some of the actors I could recognize from the first drama, but I haven’t been watching this one as much as I did the first one because I always get home late and miss it. Or is it because the lacking of food? Either way I only watch it once or twice a week, but mother keeps me updated (but you can’t even talk to her when she’s watching it).

I’m actually really happy that Korean dramas have made their way to Romania. I just hope that soon enough Korean music will also make it’s way here. I know that might be a distant dream. But, I still have the Internet to keep me in touch with the Korean wave.

I just “cleaned” my MP3 player (which it’s still alive and going, thank God).

There were a lot of songs that I just lost interest in or I didn’t like from the start (me and Johnny have so different tastes in music). And I’ve added my latest obsessions on it with some old songs that I’ve missed.

Plus, I’ve found another Korean group that I’m interested in: Cho Shin Sung (English name: Supernova). The are an older group but I’ve never heard of them until I heard “TTL” (Time To Love). The song is a collaboration between Cho Shin Sung and T-ara (a rookie Korean group). I really like the song and I really like the boys in the group. Plus, they’re in my age range so I don’t feel like a pedophile for liking them.

I’ve searched for some other songs of them and I’ve found two that I really like (it’s a good thing that the music videos come with subtitles).

PS: On national television (TVR1) they are airing Korean dramas and my parents are crazy for them. I don’t think they have missed an episode. But I can’t complain cause Korean dramas are like a breath of fresh air considering all those soap operas on other channels.

We’ve just lost our main transportation for a indefinite period. It really sucks since we have monthly subway passes and now we can’t use them (even if we paid for them).

As bad as that sound, it is fun to ride the bus in the morning, but only when it’s not crowded. Today, we were lucky cause we even had seats, but we were at work a half an hour earlier (because we left earlier so we wouldn’t catch the morning crowd). At least we had time to make coffee, read the newspapers and online websites without having to worry about slacking. Even so, it sucks changing your route to work, especially during winter time.

We can’t do anything about this strike and I think that the people that work at the subway are being unfair. They have the highest salaries in town and they still aren’t happy about it. Metrorex is one of the most profitable “business” in Bucharest and maybe even in Romania. They make a lot of money (and profit) since a lot of people depend on the subway to get on time to work.

The worst part, if they don’t get the raise they are asking for they intend on raising the prices for subway passes and that sucks. The subway is the fastest and cheapest way to get around in Bucharest. I would hate to have to go to work on a bicycle during winter time. And I don’t even have a bicycle.

What is there better than a relaxing weekend at home with your boyfriend?

I’m sure than there could be something out there better, but after a hectic week of work relaxing is the only way to go for us. And Johnny is doing a great job at it. In 5 minutes he already managed to go to sleep. I wish I could sleep so easily as he does, but I’m not that tired as he is.

Well, I did do some cleaning this morning in my room and, after throwing away two pairs of old shoes and a lot of old boxes, I found my old diaries. The oldest one dates from 2001 and it is filled with Pokemon and Harry Potter stickers (more with Ron than Harry). Thinking about it, I think I still have my Pokemon and Dragon Ball albums somewhere in my memories box. But I’m afraid to open that box because I might fell tempted to throw something and I might regret that later in life.

I still regret cutting my 4th grade picture with my classmates. I don’t miss my classmates but it was still a memory.

I’ve been asking myself these question quite often these past few months and I still can’t figure it out.

Lately, I’ve been feeling like hitting myself with something, hard preferably. Then I would have an excuse for having such bad headaches on a daily basis. And it’s not because of money, love, family or friends (problems). It’s about a co-worker.

Wow, what a shocker!

I know that everyone has one or two co-workers that are so annoying you could feel your blood rush to your head just by mentioning their names. But mine is worse. In fact I don’t think I ever met such a person in my entire life.

I try hard every day not to pay her attention. I don’t look, talk or even mention her name. But she still gets to me. I don’t know why or how, but she does. The funny thing is that if you meet with her after working hours she’s not such a bad person, but during the 8 hours a day we spend together she’s insufferable.

She badmouths anyone and everything. She doesn’t care (or is stupid enough not to notice) that other people are around (like me) and can hear her badmouth Mr. X with Mrs. Y, and after that, she badmouths Mrs. Y with Mr. X. And she can do that while having her lips really tight on everyone ass. But that’s nothing, compared with how she treats her husband.

She really doesn’t see herself as being a bad person. She say everything like it’s a joke, but she isn’t joking. That’s what she’s thinking. I’ve read a lot of articles on the Internet about how to handle bad coworkers but none of them are of any help. It’s like I’ve discovered a new species of “co-workers” and I’m suffering for it.

The worst part is, that unintentionally her husband kinda got me and Johnny together by asking him if he wants to work at our company. And I’m sick and tired of complaining about her. It’s like she’s the main topic of each workday. It’s getting tiresome and it feels like I’m a broken record, always talking about her with Johnny.

You know, at the beginning of the year I went crazy (like most girls) and bought the first volume of Twilight (I got the second and third volume as presents). I finished reading the first volume in a week or so, but I just couldn’t get myself to start reading the other two. I just lost interest in them. I know, shame on me.

But yesterday, something happened: I started reading Charlaine Harris “The Southern Vampire Mysteries” series, well just the first book anyway, “Dead Until Dark“. Around 10 PM, I was still in the kitchen with the book in my hands, laughing like an idiot when the book got to the “interesting” part.

*Cough* Anyway, after deciding to put the book down and to go to sleep, I found myself feeling very lively and in good spirits. It was really hard for me to go sleep.

I know, that if I stayed up late I could even watch “True Blood” on HBO, which is the television series that is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries. But, I’m just lazy like that and I enjoy sleeping more than watching TV.

Even so, I’m happy that I’ve found something interesting to do, now that the days are shorter and the nights are longer (plus being bloody cold outside).

It feels weird writing here again. Well we’ve been “away” and really busy, plus sick (from the common flu). Hopefully, we won’t get the swine flu.

I actually can’t believe that it’s already November and that the year is so close to ending. And I can’t believe that stores already started the Christmas madness. You can find everything you want except natural Christmas trees.

They are really ruining Christmas, not only for me but for everyone. Well, in a way I know why they started so early but it still sucks.

Anyway, right now we’re just busy with work and we’re just drifting slowly through every day, waiting for December when we’ll have a lot of fun and go ice skating.